{"posts":[{"type":"post","id":"po.5003191","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5003191","name":"Best New R&B","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2017-08-12T13:00:00.000Z","image":"imgs.180234877","primaryMedia":"pp.180234877","language":"en","shortcut":"best-new-rnb","content":[{"content":"Check out today's hottest R&B, from your favorites to the stars of tomorrow.\r\n\r\nFollow this playlist: On mobile, tap \"View Playlist\" and then \"Follow.\" If you're on the web, click the \"Follow\" button on the playlist image.","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Hit play and deep dive into today's best R&B","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.180234877"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.180234877"},"posts":{"ids":["po.5002612","po.5002999","po.1397942"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5002612,po.5002999,po.1397942"},"artists":{"ids":["art.1953","art.3983","art.4993","art.38092","art.63587","art.5119484","art.6805682","art.8653484","art.11791039","art.13622534","art.28463069","art.28989323","art.40971460","art.69410617","art.71321754","art.83713273","art.109435374","art.118482178","art.192413681","art.201692356","art.239173168","art.241258917","art.243982423","art.251932527"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.1953,art.3983,art.4993,art.38092,art.63587,art.5119484,art.6805682,art.8653484,art.11791039,art.13622534,art.28463069,art.28989323,art.40971460,art.69410617,art.71321754,art.83713273,art.109435374,art.118482178,art.192413681,art.201692356,art.239173168,art.241258917,art.243982423,art.251932527"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.253"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.253"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.5003400","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5003400","name":"Best '10s Hip-Hop","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2017-05-02T17:00:00.000Z","image":"imgs.237798826","primaryMedia":"pp.237798826","language":"en","shortcut":"best-10s-hip-hop","content":[{"content":"Hit play and listen to the decade's best cuts from Kendrick Lamar, Yelawolf, Y.G. and more.\r\n\r\nFollow this playlist: On mobile, tap \"View Playlist\" and then \"Follow.\" If you're on the web, click the \"Follow\" button on the playlist image.","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"The decade's best cuts from Kendrick Lamar, Yelawolf, Y.G. and more","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.237798826"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.237798826"},"posts":{"ids":["po.undefined","po.5002110"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.undefined,po.5002110"},"artists":{"ids":["art.44","art.1289","art.4634","art.9005","art.14862","art.36778","art.38114","art.56336","art.5015309","art.5230932","art.6384205","art.7485108","art.10337267","art.10421022","art.10872254","art.12963668","art.14904914","art.15802707","art.16389783","art.16699150","art.19596595","art.20450056","art.21379866","art.22968639","art.23358128","art.26295819","art.27956648","art.28463069","art.28601811","art.30417200","art.32558379","art.32558380","art.40912632","art.44656596","art.46022569","art.46188071","art.51836014","art.61736069","art.66761397","art.66761399","art.67022684","art.67850463","art.70737519","art.71867686","art.77217183","art.135062150","art.136991458","art.140148273","art.159818649","art.171646386"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.44,art.1289,art.4634,art.9005,art.14862,art.36778,art.38114,art.56336,art.5015309,art.5230932,art.6384205,art.7485108,art.10337267,art.10421022,art.10872254,art.12963668,art.14904914,art.15802707,art.16389783,art.16699150,art.19596595,art.20450056,art.21379866,art.22968639,art.23358128,art.26295819,art.27956648,art.28463069,art.28601811,art.30417200,art.32558379,art.32558380,art.40912632,art.44656596,art.46022569,art.46188071,art.51836014,art.61736069,art.66761397,art.66761399,art.67022684,art.67850463,art.70737519,art.71867686,art.77217183,art.135062150,art.136991458,art.140148273,art.159818649,art.171646386"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.173"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.173"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.5000886","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5000886","name":"Produced By: Kanye West","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2017-04-12T16:00:00.000Z","image":"imgs.217399790","primaryMedia":"pp.217399790","language":"en","shortcut":"produced-by-kanye-west","content":[{"content":"Our new series on hip-hop producers begins with one of the most famous of them all.\r\n \r\n[Kanye West](Art.5015309) established his career in the early ‘00s with “chipmunk soul,” a phrase that listeners coined to describe his beats on [Jay Z’s](Art.1289) [“This Can’t Be Life”](Tra.2142198) and [Twista’s](Art.108) [“Slow Jamz”](Tra.5095561). He had spent years paying dues before that breakthrough. In the mid-’90s, he landed his first production credits on Chicago indie rap records, and then he moved to New York to crack the mainstream rap industry. By the time Jay Z brought him to Roc-A-Fella, West had worked with [Foxy Brown](Art.40222), [Goodie Mob](Art.3777) and [Jermaine Dupri](Art.38080), the latter who nearly signed him to his first deal.\r\n \r\nOne of the most difficult challenges in rap production is to create a sound signature, a stylistic formula that is clearly your own. West wasn’t the first to make a beat by sampling a track at a faster tempo than it was made for. The [RZA](Art.4098) had done it in 1996 for [GZA’s](Art.15214) [“Shadowboxing,”](Tra.2025595) and so had [M.O.P.’s](Art.15863) Lil Fame (under his Fizzy Womack alias) on [“Cold as Ice.”](Tra.3325931) Yet West established himself as the chief innovator of that technique, if not necessarily its originator. Set aside familiar hits like his [“Through the Wire,”](Tra.5095558) where he loops the chorus from [Chaka Khan’s](Art.38207) [“Through the Fire,”](Tra.9644365) one of his finest moments from his [_College Dropout_](Alb.4994817) and [_Late Registration_](Alb.7579441) period is [Mos Def’s](Art.4546) [“Sunshine.”](Tra.6526353) His chop of [Melba Moore’s](Art.50133) “Let the Sun Shine In” makes you can feel the graininess of a needle scratching against dusty vinyl.\r\n \r\nBy the 2007 release of [_Graduation_](Art.16233119), West began expanding beyond the soul, funk and classic rock samples typical of vintage hip-hop production. Memorably, he culled from [Daft Punk’s](Art.5060) house classic [“Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”](Tra.2027140) for [“Stronger.”](Tra.16238181) _Graduation_ also marked a moment when he focused on creating concept albums inspired by his increasingly star-crossed life, while outsourcing some of the musical details to others. He followed in the wake of other brand name producers like [Dr. Dre](Art.3684) and [Timbaland](Art.44575), and their evolution from primary beat makers to CEOs who direct sundry assistants, and mix and engineer the results into their distinctive trademark.\r\n \r\nWhat’s notable about West’s post- _Graduation_ work is that he allows his collaborators to stamp their identities on his music. [Hit-Boy’s](Art.106017778) wobbling bass beat for [“Niggas in Paris”](Tra.48124290) doesn’t resemble classic Kanye, and neither does Lifted’s ominous, trap-like rhythm on the G.O.O.D. Music showcase [“Mercy.”](Tra.66853624) Meanwhile, West gives himself sole credit for beats that hearken to his earlier stuff. [“Otis”](Tra.48124291) is an old-school flip of [Otis Redding’s](Art.69253) [“Try a Little Tenderness,”](Tra.2758759) while [Beyoncé’s](Art.42919) [“Party”](Tra.104365156) is the kind of R&B keyboard arrangement he occasionally makes and which adorned [Brandy’s](Art.3860) [“Talk About Our Love”](Tra.6218552) in the past.\r\n \r\nOf course, there’s more to production than just a dope instrumental. West’s greatest asset is designing albums that engage the listener from the first track to the last. His formidable talents as a beat maker are just part of that equation.","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"List to this host of tracks touched by the hand of 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Raps","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2017-02-21T12:35:00.000Z","image":"imgs.221221950","primaryMedia":"pp.221221950","language":"en","shortcut":"food-raps","content":[{"content":"These food-themed raps may not whet your appetite, but they will get you thinking about what these rappers are actually talking about. Like, is [Phife Dawg](Art.43549) of [A Tribe Called Quest](Art.542) talking about how he’s smooth like [“Butter,”](Tra.1985857) or is he questioning his tortured relationships with women? On [“Big Poppa,”](Tra.176174309) is [The Notorious B.I.G.](Art.20184101) referring to Welch’s grape juice, or Welch’s grape jelly? Are [Method Man & Redman](Art.28420300) pretending to be murderers on [“Cereal Killer,”](Tra.2100761) or spinning metaphors about how they murder MCs? Nothing is what it seems on this exploration of food-titled raps, or at least most of it isn’t. [Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’](Art.21379866) [“Let’s Eat”](Tra.218963661) is really about “good” and “bad” culinary options, and so is [Immortal Technique’s](Art.11974143) [“Beef & Broccoli.”](Tra.63957967) And this list wouldn’t be complete with a few excerpts from [MF Doom’s](Art.9929) [_Mm…Food_](Alb.6708457). Anyone want an [Ugly Duckling](Art.122) [“Meatshake”](Tra.6408437)?","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Got the munchies? Some raps about food might make you feel better","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.221221950"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.221221950"},"posts":{"ids":["po.5002110","po.5002941"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5002110,po.5002941"},"artists":{"ids":["art.122","art.420","art.542","art.585","art.3777","art.9929","art.67481","art.6988686","art.7272812","art.10115285","art.11414195","art.11974143","art.18120142","art.20184101","art.21379866","art.22968639","art.26145125","art.28420300","art.28463069","art.29398683","art.32558379","art.68287108","art.134441063"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.122,art.420,art.542,art.585,art.3777,art.9929,art.67481,art.6988686,art.7272812,art.10115285,art.11414195,art.11974143,art.18120142,art.20184101,art.21379866,art.22968639,art.26145125,art.28420300,art.28463069,art.29398683,art.32558379,art.68287108,art.134441063"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.173"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.173"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.5002048","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5002048","name":"Produced By: Metro Boomin","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2017-02-06T13:05:00.000Z","image":"imgs.227635723","primaryMedia":"pp.227635723","language":"en","shortcut":"produced-by-metro-boomin","content":[{"content":"If you follow rap, then you know about the memes “If Young Metro don’t trust you” and “Metro Boomin want some more, nigga!” They pay homage to [Metro Boomin](Art.116219918), the St. Louis-born, ATL-based producer who has scored some of the biggest and most influential hits of recent years. He has worked on numerous Future smashes like “Where Ya At” and “Low Life,” as well as [Kanye West](Art.5015309)’s “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1,” [Drake](Art.28463069) and [Future](Art.5230932)’s “Jumpman,” [ILoveMakonnen](Art.52369522)’s “Tuesday,” and many others. The hallmarks of the Metro Boomin sound are icy-sounding keyboard notes that evoke trap life as well as the neon-lit world of strip clubs, and rolling hi-hat percussion that shifts as unexpectedly as a Tetris game. As a result, he’s becoming one of the most trusted men among the rap elite.","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Making sick beats for Kanye, Drake, Future and 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Hit play to hear the biggest hip-hop hits from DJ Khaled and others.\r\n\r\nFollow this playlist: On mobile, tap \"View Playlist\" and then \"Follow.\" If you're on the web, click the \"Follow\" button on the playlist image.","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Blame it on the beat: Hip-hop hits from DJ Khaled, Travis Scott, Future and more","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.237609916"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.237609916"},"posts":{"ids":["po.5002110","po.5002089","po.5002022"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5002110,po.5002089,po.5002022"},"artists":{"ids":["art.1244","art.3107","art.3307","art.42729","art.56336","art.5015309","art.5230932","art.7499873","art.10337267","art.18063207","art.19148428","art.20697410","art.26872530","art.28463069","art.28601811","art.31647051","art.46761476","art.50236735","art.51836014","art.58244019","art.70737519","art.71733501","art.106770230","art.136991458","art.166838084","art.177004487","art.203878043","art.211539387","art.216956136","art.222964755","art.225404362"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.1244,art.3107,art.3307,art.42729,art.56336,art.5015309,art.5230932,art.7499873,art.10337267,art.18063207,art.19148428,art.20697410,art.26872530,art.28463069,art.28601811,art.31647051,art.46761476,art.50236735,art.51836014,art.58244019,art.70737519,art.71733501,art.106770230,art.136991458,art.166838084,art.177004487,art.203878043,art.211539387,art.216956136,art.222964755,art.225404362"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.173"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.173"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.448842","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.448842","name":"Artist Spotlight: Drake","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2017-01-11T12:50:00.000Z","image":"imgs.124489284","primaryMedia":"pp.124489284","language":"en","shortcut":"artist-spotlight-drake","content":[{"content":"Inspired by [Drake](art.28463069)'s controversial \"Wu-Tang Forever\" (controversial at least for those who can't stand Drake, much less him associating by name-check with the hip-hop legends), let's use a [GZA](art.15214) lyric from [\"Shadowboxin'\"](trgr.79763402:PLAY) to describe the Canadian's pop chart omnipresence: \"We reign all year round from June to June.\" Indeed, there may be little need to recount what Mr. Graham has done in the 20 months since his last album, the platinum smash [_Take Care_](algr.51690125). That album yielded seven hit singles, six of which were certified gold and/or platinum. His cameos ranged from [A$AP Rocky](art.51836014)'s [\"F\\*ck\\*n Problems\"](trgr.76741580:PLAY) to [Meek Mill](art.27956648)'s [\"Amen\"](trgr.76942418:PLAY) and [Future](art.5230932)'s [\"Tony Montana.\"](trgr.76655893:PLAY) If you've listened to the radio during the past two years, you were bound to hear his voice.\r\n\r\nHowever, there are a few treats here for those of you that don't scour the web for anything that Drake has recorded. There's [\"Over Here\"](trgr.115061519:PLAY) by [Partynextdoor](art.114954674), an R&B artist signed to Drake's OVO imprint. There's [Migos](art.67022684)' rap hit [\"Versace.\"](trgr.118013808:PLAY) And, of course, there is his latest collaboration with Toronto homie [The Weeknd](art.51742775), [\"Live For.\"](trgr.121678959:PLAY) With two hours of music, this playlist serves as a back story to Drake's new album, _Nothing Was the Same_.","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Listen up to just about everything the moody MC’s been up to in recent years","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.124489284"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.124489284"},"posts":{"ids":["po.5002110","po.5002941","po.5003191"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5002110,po.5002941,po.5003191"},"artists":{"ids":["art.28463069"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.28463069"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.173"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.173"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.5003194","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5003194","name":"Best 50 Hip-Hop Tracks","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2016-12-15T13:35:00.000Z","image":"imgs.238401057","primaryMedia":"pp.238401057","language":"en","shortcut":"best-50-hip-hop-tracks","content":[{"content":"The cream of the crop: Hits from Mac Miller, Schoolboy Q, Chance the Rapper and more.\r\n\r\nFollow this playlist: On mobile, tap \"View Playlist\" and then \"Follow.\" If you're on the web, click the \"Follow\" button on the playlist image.","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Hip-hop hits from Mac Miller, Schoolboy Q, Chance the Rapper and more","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.238401057"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.238401057"},"posts":{"ids":["po.5003271","po.5002941","po.5003008","po.695142"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5003271,po.5002941,po.5003008,po.695142"},"artists":{"ids":["art.543","art.3107","art.5967","art.38008","art.41754","art.44043","art.5015309","art.5230932","art.5278372","art.7206496","art.7488705","art.8653964","art.10337267","art.10421022","art.12090312","art.16156266","art.20697585","art.21379866","art.25209214","art.26872530","art.28463069","art.28601811","art.30417200","art.38970835","art.40912632","art.46022569","art.46188071","art.58244019","art.58764785","art.66761397","art.68287108","art.69882234","art.70737519","art.71733501","art.77451904","art.106770230","art.119682812","art.128479472","art.134441063","art.140148273","art.144195523","art.144815791","art.173205056","art.176113185","art.177004487","art.189076054","art.218984589","art.225215943","art.228351870"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.543,art.3107,art.5967,art.38008,art.41754,art.44043,art.5015309,art.5230932,art.5278372,art.7206496,art.7488705,art.8653964,art.10337267,art.10421022,art.12090312,art.16156266,art.20697585,art.21379866,art.25209214,art.26872530,art.28463069,art.28601811,art.30417200,art.38970835,art.40912632,art.46022569,art.46188071,art.58244019,art.58764785,art.66761397,art.68287108,art.69882234,art.70737519,art.71733501,art.77451904,art.106770230,art.119682812,art.128479472,art.134441063,art.140148273,art.144195523,art.144815791,art.173205056,art.176113185,art.177004487,art.189076054,art.218984589,art.225215943,art.228351870"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.173"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.173"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.1153642","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.1153642","name":"The 50 Best Disco Songs of 1978","author":"Napster","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2016-09-29T15:00:00.000Z","image":"imgs.180180950","primaryMedia":"pp.180180950","language":"en","shortcut":"the-50-best-disco-songs-of-1978","content":[{"content":"By 1978, disco was a _thing_, and had been for a long time. Relive the splendor and the soul of disco at its peak with our playlist of the 50 best songs of 1978.\r\n","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"A peak year, from \"Le Freak\" to \"YMCA\"","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.180180950"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.180180950"},"artists":{"ids":["art.5845","art.10157","art.17771","art.38114","art.40339","art.44043","art.56437","art.5015309","art.5278372","art.7206496","art.7488705","art.8653964","art.10148864","art.10316605","art.12090312","art.15802707","art.19296390","art.20697585","art.21745675","art.25209214","art.26872530","art.28463069","art.28601811","art.30417200","art.38798076","art.46188071","art.58764785","art.68287108","art.69882234","art.70737519","art.71733501","art.72313770","art.77451904","art.119682812","art.128479472","art.134441063","art.140148273","art.149555511","art.173205056","art.176113185","art.177004487","art.188917166","art.189076054","art.191365128","art.199165671","art.207787636","art.228351870"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.5845,art.10157,art.17771,art.38114,art.40339,art.44043,art.56437,art.5015309,art.5278372,art.7206496,art.7488705,art.8653964,art.10148864,art.10316605,art.12090312,art.15802707,art.19296390,art.20697585,art.21745675,art.25209214,art.26872530,art.28463069,art.28601811,art.30417200,art.38798076,art.46188071,art.58764785,art.68287108,art.69882234,art.70737519,art.71733501,art.72313770,art.77451904,art.119682812,art.128479472,art.134441063,art.140148273,art.149555511,art.173205056,art.176113185,art.177004487,art.188917166,art.189076054,art.191365128,art.199165671,art.207787636,art.228351870"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.36"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.36"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.5002657","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5002657","name":"Rio: Swimming","author":"Napster","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2016-08-13T15:00:00.000Z","image":"imgs.230730599","primaryMedia":"pp.230730599","language":"en","shortcut":"rio-swimming","content":[{"content":"Let the games begin with this athletically inspired playlists.\r\n\r\nFollow this playlist: On mobile, tap \"View Playlist\" and then \"Follow.\" If you're on the web, click the \"Follow\" button on the playlist image.","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Get your game on with this specially themed playlist","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.230730599"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.230730599"},"posts":{"ids":["po.5002656","po.5002658"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5002656,po.5002658"},"artists":{"ids":["art.1967","art.2630","art.16828","art.39577","art.48985","art.56702","art.6651625","art.7161712","art.7240293","art.7318666","art.15447811","art.24409939","art.28463069","art.28813577","art.30098880","art.45305677","art.47489397","art.51554256","art.67865898","art.77423627","art.118482178","art.119473232","art.173593426","art.175938593","art.193689397","art.197182568","art.209553981","art.221607251","art.227815169"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.1967,art.2630,art.16828,art.39577,art.48985,art.56702,art.6651625,art.7161712,art.7240293,art.7318666,art.15447811,art.24409939,art.28463069,art.28813577,art.30098880,art.45305677,art.47489397,art.51554256,art.67865898,art.77423627,art.118482178,art.119473232,art.173593426,art.175938593,art.193689397,art.197182568,art.209553981,art.221607251,art.227815169"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.510"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.510"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.5002022","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5002022","name":"Basketball Raps","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2016-05-02T18:00:00.000Z","image":"imgs.226744241","primaryMedia":"pp.226744241","language":"en","shortcut":"basketball-raps","content":[{"content":"With the NBA Playoffs in full swing, let’s enjoy a few rap songs inspired by basketball culture. Some of these tracks are highlights from ‘90s basketball flicks like _White Men Can’t Jump_ and [_Above the Rim_](Alb.133413), while others are named after top players, no explanation needed. There are odes to literally running the courts and throwing a bit of soul in the hole, as well as metaphorical celebrations of big ballin’. There are songs by actual NBA legends, thanks to rap wannabes [Shaquille O’Neal](Art.44525) and Allen “The Answer” Iverson. And, yes, there is [Drake](Art.28463069) & [Future’s](Art.5230932) Nike advertisement [“Jumpman,”](Tra.201027675) as well as [Kanye West’s](Art.5015309) Adidas-sponsored retort, [“Facts (Charlie Heat version).”](Tra.223729482) Who’s da real MVP, as Kevin Durant put it when honoring his mother during a now-famous 2014 MVP Award acceptance speech? Make your No. 1 pick.","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Celebrate the playoffs with these basketball inspired raps","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.226744241"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.226744241"},"posts":{"ids":["po.5001409","po.1357742"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5001409,po.1357742"},"artists":{"ids":["art.215","art.450","art.1284","art.1650","art.3116","art.42729","art.44525","art.63607","art.64228","art.5015309","art.7472233","art.9264903","art.10337267","art.14475308","art.16299191","art.19596595","art.20758384","art.26145125","art.28463069","art.32734036","art.39847829","art.67022684","art.177922095","art.201973627"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.215,art.450,art.1284,art.1650,art.3116,art.42729,art.44525,art.63607,art.64228,art.5015309,art.7472233,art.9264903,art.10337267,art.14475308,art.16299191,art.19596595,art.20758384,art.26145125,art.28463069,art.32734036,art.39847829,art.67022684,art.177922095,art.201973627"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.38"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.38"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.5001503","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5001503","name":"Viral Rap Hits, Vol. 1","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2016-03-20T18:00:00.000Z","image":"imgs.222248179","primaryMedia":"pp.222248179","language":"en","shortcut":"viral-rap-hits-vol-1","content":[{"content":"Our first edition of Viral Rap Hits spotlights tracks that are breaking the Internet. Some are genuine hits, like [Kevin Gates’](Art.28601811) chirpy [“2 Phones,”](Tra.217040440) and [Yo Gotti’s](Art.42729) meme-spawning [“Down in the DM.”](Tra.219521757) But most of these cuts merely enjoy cult status, at least for now. [Migos](Art.67022684) revitalized their career with [“Look at My Dab,”](Tra.201073895) a tribute to one of the most overused words of the past several months. [Hopsin’s](Art.20862980) [“Ill Mind of Hopsin 8”](Tra.221974264) is a warts-and-all story about the demise of his once-mighty Funk Volume label. [Colonel Loud’s](Art.190182113) [“California”](Tra.194860522) percolates on West Coast radio months after its release, thanks to its enduring fantasy of sun-dappled women, weed, and wealth. (Ironically, Colonel Loud hails from the South.) Meanwhile Philadelphia rapper [Lil Uzi Vert’s](Art.191365128) sticky hooks and street sense on [“Top”](Tra.210277813) has left many predicting that he’s a rising star.\r\n","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Dive into these buzz-worthy rap tracks","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.222248179"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.222248179"},"posts":{"ids":["po.1357742","po.5001409","po.undefined"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.1357742,po.5001409,po.undefined"},"artists":{"ids":["art.42729","art.11718881","art.20862980","art.28463069","art.28601811","art.46022569","art.52829223","art.67022684","art.106770230","art.190182113","art.191365128","art.199938032","art.218984589"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.42729,art.11718881,art.20862980,art.28463069,art.28601811,art.46022569,art.52829223,art.67022684,art.106770230,art.190182113,art.191365128,art.199938032,art.218984589"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.173"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.173"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.5000486","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5000486","name":"Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2015-12-20T12:00:00.000Z","image":"imgs.211394786","primaryMedia":"pp.211394786","language":"en","shortcut":"drake-vs-kendrick-lamar","content":[{"content":"[Drake](art.28463069) may command the pop charts, but [Kendrick Lamar](art.40912632) rules the streets. Lamar’s [_To Pimp a Butterfly_](Alb.181277398) is the most acclaimed album of the year, and he earned 11 Grammy nominations as well as an endorsement from [President Obama](http://time.com/4143040/president-obama-kendrick-lamar-michelle-uptown-funk/).\r\n\r\nLamar may command when it comes to lyrics, but Drake is no pushover. And where Lamar sometimes seems to labor, Drake makes it seems so easy. Either way you cut it, the ensuing years will bring more twists to Drake and Lamar’s progress. For now, their paths appear headed in conflicting directions, challenging us to reconcile them both.\r\n\r\nHit play to listen to Lamar and Drake back-to-back (or would that be head-to-head)?","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"The battle for the top spot shows no sign of slowing down","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.211394786"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.211394786"},"posts":{"ids":["po.1161942","po.448842","po.undefined"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.1161942,po.448842,po.undefined"},"artists":{"ids":["art.28463069","art.40912632"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.28463069,art.40912632"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.173"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.173"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.5000313","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5000313","name":"Hot Rap Singles, December 2015","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2015-12-06T16:00:00.000Z","image":"imgs.208097994","primaryMedia":"pp.208097994","language":"en","shortcut":"hot-rap-singles-december-2015","content":[{"content":"As the year starts to wind down the number of rap singles has slowed to a trickle, with [Young Thug’s](Art.31647051) [“Best Friend”](Tra.206180608) among the few we’ve got. So we’re filling out our roundup with a few percolating cuts. [Missy Elliott’s](Art.59657) first music in three years, [“WTF (Where They From)”](Tra.205631913) is the song of the moment as it rapidly climbs the pop charts. There are breakout cuts from new albums, like [Future’s](Art.5230932) [“Last Breath”](Tra.206833663) from the [_Creed_ soundtrack](Alb.206833662), [E-40’s](Art.4634), [“Gamed Up”](Tra.205865628) from [_Poverty and Prosperity_](Alb.205865625), and [Logic’s](Art.134441063) [“Like Woah”](Tra.204956615) from [_The Incredible True Story_](Alb.204956610). Finally, [Golden Rules](Art.191712431) brings [“Night Shifts at Christmas,”](Tra.206831710) a welcome addition to the subgenre of holiday rap songs.\r\n","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Missy Elliott, Young Thug and a few choice percolating cuts","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.208097994"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.208097994"},"posts":{"ids":["po.undefined","po.undefined"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.undefined,po.undefined"},"artists":{"ids":["art.4634","art.43901","art.44043","art.59657","art.6626436","art.10906543","art.19596595","art.28463069","art.31647051","art.113219112","art.134441063","art.191712431"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.4634,art.43901,art.44043,art.59657,art.6626436,art.10906543,art.19596595,art.28463069,art.31647051,art.113219112,art.134441063,art.191712431"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.38"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.38"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.1429542","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.1429542","name":"Hip-Hop Editor's Picks: October 2015","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2015-10-30T17:00:48.000Z","image":"imgs.203817944","primaryMedia":"pp.203817944","language":"en","shortcut":"hip-hop-editors-picks-october-2015","content":[{"content":"My picks for this go-round mostly consist of deep cuts, the type you might not discover until you listen to the entire album. [Dr. Dre’s](Art.3684) [“Talking to My Diary”](Tra.197534753) is buried at the end of [_Compton_](Alb.197534752), but it has drawn attention for his disarmingly personal reminisces of his musical career. [Golden Rules’](Art.191712431) [“Never Die”](Tra.193570928) and [Mick Jenkins’](Art.153497723) [“Your Love”](Tra.193422769) have gotten college radio airplay, yet mainstream rap fans too focused on [Drake](Art.28463069) may not have heard them. And yes, I know [I’ve done a fair amount of hatin’ on the 6 God](Po.1388742) lately. Don’t worry, y’all: [I included a track](Tra.201027677) from him, too. There are also cuts from [Oddisee,](Art.7623476) [the Underachievers,](Art. 14904914) [the Game,](Art. 6464831) [Dej Loaf,](Art.159818649) [Blackalicious,](Art.5549) [Travis Scott,](Art.106770230) and others, all sequenced to flow together and, hopefully, retain your interest.\r\n","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Deep tracks from Dre, Golden Rules, Mick Jenkins and more","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.203817944"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.203817944"},"artists":{"ids":["art.3684","art.5549","art.40030","art.5095446","art.6464831","art.7623476","art.14904914","art.20697585","art.28463069","art.50941148","art.106770230","art.139960312","art.153496642","art.153497723","art.159818649","art.191712431","art.199718693"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.3684,art.5549,art.40030,art.5095446,art.6464831,art.7623476,art.14904914,art.20697585,art.28463069,art.50941148,art.106770230,art.139960312,art.153496642,art.153497723,art.159818649,art.191712431,art.199718693"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.38"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.38"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.1406042","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.1406042","name":"BET Hip-Hop Nominees 2015","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2015-10-13T12:00:14.000Z","image":"imgs.201973796","primaryMedia":"pp.201973796","language":"en","shortcut":"bet-hip-hop-nominees-2015","content":[{"content":"On October 13, the 10th edition of the [BET Hip-Hop Awards](http://www.bet.com/shows/hip-hop-awards.html) will be broadcast from Atlanta. The event is known for its popular “cyphers” that are filmed prior to the show, most memorably [Kendrick Lamar’s](Art.40912632) incredible verse during [the 2013 TDE Cypher](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpuI1uk6WdY). \r\n \r\nAs for the awards themselves, they consist of the usual suspects. Lamar, [Big Sean](Art.30308537), [Drake](Art.28463069) and [Nicki Minaj](Art.32558379) got so many nominations each that multiple categories look like duplicates of one another, whether it’s [Album of the Year](http://www.bet.com/shows/hip-hop-awards/2015/nominees/album-of-the-year.html) or [Lyricist of the Year](http://www.bet.com/shows/hip-hop-awards/2015/nominees/lyricist-of-the-year.html). Oddly, [Wale’s](Art.19296513) [_The Album About Nothing_](Alb.181941680) got an Album of the Year nod despite middling reviews and sales. There are categories like [Hustler of the Year](http://www.bet.com/shows/hip-hop-awards/2015/nominees/hustler-of-the-year.html) that have more to do with mainstream hip-hop’s obsession with corporate power than any real cultural advancement. Some of the more interesting categories include [Video Director of the Year](http://www.bet.com/shows/hip-hop-awards/2015/nominees/video-director-of-the-year.html) and [Producer of the Year](http://www.bet.com/shows/hip-hop-awards/2015/nominees/producer-of-the-year.html), although the latter notably omits rising [Future](Art.5230932) associate [Metro Boomin](Art.116219918).\r\n \r\nWith luck, the 2015 BET Hip-Hop Awards will yield a viral moment, whether it’s a cypher or a performance like Brandy, MC Lyte, Yo-Yo and Queen Latifah’s [“I Wanna Be Down” reunion](https://vimeo.com/109029829) last year.\r\n \r\n","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Here's hoping this year's event creates another stellar viral moment","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.201973796"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.201973796"},"artists":{"ids":["art.214","art.420","art.3684","art.5015309","art.5230932","art.10337267","art.19296513","art.20697410","art.27202175","art.28463069","art.30308537","art.32558379","art.39459775","art.40912632","art.51836014","art.71867686","art.106770230","art.113929655","art.140148273","art.157040437","art.159818649","art.171646386","art.177004487"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.214,art.420,art.3684,art.5015309,art.5230932,art.10337267,art.19296513,art.20697410,art.27202175,art.28463069,art.30308537,art.32558379,art.39459775,art.40912632,art.51836014,art.71867686,art.106770230,art.113929655,art.140148273,art.157040437,art.159818649,art.171646386,art.177004487"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.146"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.146"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.1075142","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.1075142","name":"2015 Pop Preview","author":"Jason Gubbels","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2015-01-10T12:00:00.000Z","image":"imgs.173727718","primaryMedia":"pp.173727718","language":"en","shortcut":"2015-pop-preview","content":[{"content":"So, pop fans, what does 2015 have in store for us? Allowing for a few Beyoncé/D'Angelo-style surprises and projects getting postponed as the year progresses, we already have a pretty solid understanding of how the next 12 months will unfold. And we've taken the liberty of speculating a bit when it comes to artists who haven't graced us with release dates, yet who are way overdue for new albums. Let's jump in.\r\n\r\nMadonna leads the pack with her anticipated _Rebel Heart_, set for a March 10 release that's been undercut by unauthorized leaks, which Madge has attempted to circumvent by rush-releasing six singles (no word yet on whether the Queen of Pop will decide to bump up the album's release date in the wake of more leaks -- stay tuned). Meghan \"All About That Bass\" Trainor should be releasing her full-length debut on January 13, an expansion of 2014's four-song EP _Title_ (oddly enough, also the name of her full-length; let's hope she hasn't surrendered to creative fatigue already), and English DJ/singer Mark Ronson has promised an album on the same date: _Uptown Special_, which will build on the late 2014 Bruno Mars-aided smash \"Uptown Funk.\" And _X Factor_ finalists Fifth Harmony look to close out January with their own full-length debut, _Reflection_. \r\n\r\nThat's just the first quarter. \r\n\r\nNow it's time to speculate/hope. One Direction have released a November album every year since 2011, so we're just going to go ahead and assume that 2015 will prove no different. Gwen Stefani has hinted that she's readying either a solo album or a No Doubt reunion project, and with two new singles appearing in recent weeks, here's guessing at least one will surface this year. Ellie Goulding suggested on Twitter that her follow-up to 2012's _Halcyon_ will surface sometime in 2015. As for Justin Bieber, Adele, Kelly Clarkson, and Rihanna, well, they've stayed pretty mum, but we're venturing we'll hear from at least one of these pop stars ovr the next 12 months (I mean, come on, Adele, it's been four years since _21_ hit the streets). \r\n\r\nIt's a little tough to assemble a playlist of anticipated future releases, so we've done the next best thing, which is to select the most recent new music from the artists making up our 2015 Pop Preview list. Some stuff is pretty fresh, like Madonna's \"Illuminati\" and Justin Bieber's Cody Simpson duet \"Home to Mama\" (both late December releases). Others have been around a bit -- Rihanna hasn't put out a new tune since guesting with Shakira back in January 2014 on \"Can't Remember to Forget You.\" It's a fun way to kick off the year and start placing bets, so sync up our playlist and let the speculating begin.\r\n","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"A sneak peek into the year to come, including new Madonna, Adele and more.","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.173727718"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.173727718"},"artists":{"ids":["art.1835","art.2418","art.55886","art.56356","art.66774","art.66964","art.10268541","art.20554979","art.20758800","art.28463069","art.28602671","art.29065042","art.31646024","art.32907864","art.41546387","art.43416605","art.46335717","art.53596437","art.116569954","art.156841026","art.157030956"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.1835,art.2418,art.55886,art.56356,art.66774,art.66964,art.10268541,art.20554979,art.20758800,art.28463069,art.28602671,art.29065042,art.31646024,art.32907864,art.41546387,art.43416605,art.46335717,art.53596437,art.116569954,art.156841026,art.157030956"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.115"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.115"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.993142","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.993142","name":"Artist Spotlight: T.I.","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2014-10-26T18:00:00.000Z","image":"imgs.165530477","primaryMedia":"pp.165530477","language":"en","shortcut":"artist-spotlight-TI","content":[{"content":"The release of T.I.'s ninth album, _Paperwork_, is a good reason to take an extended look at his messy, complicated and often impressive career. The Atlanta rapper's oeuvre dates back to 2001 and _I'm Serious_, and includes movie appearances, No. 1 hits, platinum albums, reality TV shows and a healthy number of stints in prison. Through it all, he has insisted that he's \"King of the South,\" and really, no one else fits the bill. Young Jeezy is too thugged out, while Ludacris lacks depth. \r\n\r\nDespite T.I.'s recent mentoring of hitmaker Iggy Azalea, he doesn't command our attention as easily as before. But what other Southern rapper has the potential to follow in his footsteps, even after accounting for the severely diminished sales expectations musicians face in 2014? Until someone can straddle the divide between hip-hop authenticity and pop accessibility as easily as T.I. has, his throne will likely be secure.\r\n","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"A look at the Atlanta rapper's impressive oeuvre, from 2001 to today.","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.165530477"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.165530477"},"artists":{"ids":["art.56237","art.58816","art.66166","art.28463069","art.54001663","art.79224659"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.56237,art.58816,art.66166,art.28463069,art.54001663,art.79224659"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.92"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.92"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.775142","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.775142","name":"2014 Billboard Music Awards Nominees","author":"Dan Weiss","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2014-05-18T12:00:00.000Z","image":"imgs.146352808","primaryMedia":"pp.146352808","language":"en","shortcut":"2014-billboard-music-awards-nominees","content":[{"content":"The Billboard Music Awards on May 18 will spotlight the best of 2013, a year that was quietly one of pop's most iconic years in ages, from [Daft Punk](Art.5060)'s helmets to [Macklemore](Art.21379866)'s thrift clothes to [Robin Thicke](Art.7485163)'s, um, naked assistants. [Miley Cyrus](Art.9557743) gave new meaning to \"Wrecking Ball,\" while [Pharrell Williams](Art.64713) put an irresistible new spin on being happy if you know it. [Lady Gaga](Art.20067373)'s underrated [_Artpop_](algr.129700133) and synth odysseys like \"G.U.Y.\" still got many people to dance, as did [Kesha](Art.26871512) and [Pitbull](Art.6375330)'s surprisingly twangy \"Timber.\" [Beyoncé](Art.42919) (\"Drunk in Love\") and [Drake](Art.28463069) (\"Hold On, We're Going Home\") slowed it back down with career highlights. Hear all these tracks and more with this nominees playlist.","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Lorde, Beyonce, Miley Cyrus, Robin Thicke and more pop-chart royalty.","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.146352808"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.146352808"},"artists":{"ids":["art.44","art.1289","art.5060","art.37872","art.42919","art.56237","art.56627","art.64713","art.69094","art.6375330","art.6513639","art.7330911","art.7485163","art.9557743","art.9557788","art.10482910","art.12391965","art.13622534","art.20067373","art.20697410","art.21379866","art.26871501","art.28463069","art.29065042","art.41226138","art.42069150","art.42069982","art.46335717","art.53235866","art.65181143","art.85594493"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.44,art.1289,art.5060,art.37872,art.42919,art.56237,art.56627,art.64713,art.69094,art.6375330,art.6513639,art.7330911,art.7485163,art.9557743,art.9557788,art.10482910,art.12391965,art.13622534,art.20067373,art.20697410,art.21379866,art.26871501,art.28463069,art.29065042,art.41226138,art.42069150,art.42069982,art.46335717,art.53235866,art.65181143,art.85594493"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.115"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.115"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.653442","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.653442","name":"True Love Raps","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2014-02-13T21:00:00.000Z","image":"imgs.137907695","primaryMedia":"pp.137907695","language":"en","shortcut":"true-love-raps","content":[{"content":"This playlist collects hip-hop songs that speak to the idea of true love. OK, maybe not roses-are-red-violets-are-blue romance, but certainly songs that are about more than just sexual conquest. These are relationship raps that imagine a positive future, whether it's LL Cool J promising to \"Luv U Better,\" or Kendrick Lamar, Dom Kennedy and Murs wryly smiling about how \"She Needs Me (Remix).\" Classic love raps from Method Man (\"I'll Be There for You\"), The Roots (\"You Got Me\") and Common (\"The Light\") lie next to testaments from Ghostface Killah (\"Baby\") and Drake (\"Take Care\"). And rap dudes, don't be scared of tracks by Nicki Minaj (\"Right Thru Me\") and Salt-N-Pepa (\"Whatta Man\"). This is for the ladies as well as the fellas. Just roll with it.","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Method Man, Drake and more rappers who showed their soft side.","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.137907695"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.137907695"},"artists":{"ids":["art.217","art.420","art.542","art.818","art.1289","art.4116","art.38114","art.44668","art.44827","art.56809","art.59660","art.60987","art.65056","art.5015309","art.5185455","art.7272812","art.15951853","art.28463069","art.32558379","art.40912632"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.217,art.420,art.542,art.818,art.1289,art.4116,art.38114,art.44668,art.44827,art.56809,art.59660,art.60987,art.65056,art.5015309,art.5185455,art.7272812,art.15951853,art.28463069,art.32558379,art.40912632"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.38"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.38"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.5002940","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5002940","name":"50 Best Pop 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The single, also titled \"Obsessed,\" is a radio-friendly, soulful slice of country pop thick with Memphis-style horns -- and those trademark harmonies, of course. The guys are hitting the road this summer as guests on Darius Rucker's tour, and knowing how many miles that trek will cover, made this playlist of their favorite road songs, so hit play and let Dan + Shay keep your engine purring.","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"The duo share some of their favorite road trip songs","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.230012814"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.230012814"},"posts":{"ids":["po.5001782"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5001782"},"artists":{"ids":["art.1046","art.3231","art.3795","art.17661","art.18490","art.37946","art.43391","art.61749","art.7375005","art.42069150","art.135476041"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.1046,art.3231,art.3795,art.17661,art.18490,art.37946,art.43391,art.61749,art.7375005,art.42069150,art.135476041"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.10"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.10"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.5001026","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5001026","name":"Kanye Goes Pop","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2016-02-10T15:00:00.000Z","image":"imgs.218307220","primaryMedia":"pp.218307220","language":"en","shortcut":"kanye-goes-pop","content":[{"content":"[Kanye West](Art.5015309) once said that he wanted to be known as the biggest pop star. He also said, as he addressed himself in the first person, [“I Am a God”](Tra.113485995) -- “Everybody know you brought real rap back.” \r\n\r\nAs we know, Kanye can be a contradictory person. It’s clear from his many projects that he has strained at being categorized. Some of his biggest hits, like the Auto-Tuned [“Love Lockdown”](Tra.24459668) from the hugely influential [_808s & Heartbreak_](Alb.24458327), resulted after he exploded myths about the kind of records a rapper is supposed to make.\r\n \r\nIn short, this playlist isn’t for stolid beat heads that think his best album is [_Late Registration_](Alb.7579441). It’s for the fans of Kanye the iconoclast, the man who appears on the cover of _Vogue_ with his wife Kim Kardashian, and who makes big pop hits like [“E.T.”](Tra.39818112) with [Katy Perry](Art.7330911) and [“Diamonds”](Tra.68731225) with [Rihanna](Art.7375005). The sound here ranges from the banging electro-rap of [“Stronger”](Tra.16238181) to the nearly beat-less ballad [“Only One.”](Tra.173965306) And how about his odd appearance on [Stromae’s](Art.25534426) enigmatic club track [“Alors On Danse”](Tra.107883367)? It all comprises one of the most compelling figures in post-millennial music.","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Explore the pop side of Kanye West","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.218307220"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.218307220"},"posts":{"ids":["po.5000886","po.undefined","po.undefined"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5000886,po.undefined,po.undefined"},"artists":{"ids":["art.1289","art.3860","art.58816","art.64713","art.5015309","art.6384205","art.6513639","art.7375005","art.7496148","art.8857893","art.15606371","art.17201761","art.19296515","art.25822837","art.29138117"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.1289,art.3860,art.58816,art.64713,art.5015309,art.6384205,art.6513639,art.7375005,art.7496148,art.8857893,art.15606371,art.17201761,art.19296515,art.25822837,art.29138117"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.36"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.36"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.5003743","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.5003743","name":"Brokenhearted Ballads","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2016-02-04T14:02:00.000Z","image":"imgs.251652946","primaryMedia":"pp.251652946","language":"en","shortcut":"brokenhearted-ballads","content":[{"content":"If I ain't got you, I'm gonna get fed up.","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"If I ain't got you, I'm gonna get fed up","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.251652946"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.251652946"},"artists":{"ids":["art.365","art.1244","art.1967","art.2238","art.2449","art.2729","art.3072","art.3172","art.3565","art.3860","art.4455","art.4874","art.9390","art.17646","art.33932","art.35874","art.42919","art.47949","art.48841","art.56237","art.62157","art.63587","art.63589","art.63595","art.63692","art.69094","art.6070451","art.7375005","art.7521820","art.25201223"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.365,art.1244,art.1967,art.2238,art.2449,art.2729,art.3072,art.3172,art.3565,art.3860,art.4455,art.4874,art.9390,art.17646,art.33932,art.35874,art.42919,art.47949,art.48841,art.56237,art.62157,art.63587,art.63589,art.63595,art.63692,art.69094,art.6070451,art.7375005,art.7521820,art.25201223"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.36"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.36"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.1280142","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.1280142","name":"Ultimate Trap-Rave Workout","author":"Philip Sherburne","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2015-06-29T12:00:39.000Z","image":"imgs.190541747","primaryMedia":"pp.190541747","language":"en","shortcut":"ultimate-trap-rave-workout","content":[{"content":"When it comes to lifting weights, it'd be hard to find a better soundtrack than the electronic/hip-hop hybrid known as \"trap\" or trap-rave. For one thing, there's that tempo — slow, grinding, oozing menace. It positively swaggers, lumbering ominously from side to side. It's prone to flipping between soft and loud passages, saving up its energy and then blowing it out in 'roid-rage blasts. As if that weren't enough, the music's full of shouts, yelps and grunts that sound like nothing so much as the wheezing of a power-lifter pumping iron. If these tunes from [Diplo](art. 5229698), [RL Grime](art.106968146), [Flosstradamus](art.25845616), [Baauer](art. 61112603), [Carnage](art. 28538618) and their trap-rave peers don't get you amped up, maybe you should just stick to golf.","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Diplo, RL Grime, Baauer, and Carnage will get you amped up.","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.190541747"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.190541747"},"artists":{"ids":["art.5011027","art.5229698","art.7375005","art.9309395","art.14148445","art.17622183","art.25845616","art.28538618","art.30807787","art.43597335","art.54491070","art.61112603","art.61675311","art.106968146","art.128653582","art.132636318","art.149577516","art.162186425","art.164166501"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.5011027,art.5229698,art.7375005,art.9309395,art.14148445,art.17622183,art.25845616,art.28538618,art.30807787,art.43597335,art.54491070,art.61112603,art.61675311,art.106968146,art.128653582,art.132636318,art.149577516,art.162186425,art.164166501"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.71"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.71"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.1215842","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.1215842","name":"Hot R&B Singles, May 2015","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2015-05-07T19:00:03.000Z","image":"imgs.186589825","primaryMedia":"pp.186589825","language":"en","shortcut":"hot-rnb-singles-may-2015","content":[{"content":"Our latest roundup of R&B singles kicks off with two tracks from Rihanna's forthcoming, as yet untitled album. You've likely already heard and read about \"B*tch Better Have My Money,\" which takes inspiration from AMG's 1991 rap hit; there's also \"American Oxygen.\" Also in the highly anticipated but TBD column is Jill Scott, whose \"You Don't Know\" heralds what will be her first album in four years, and Sevyn Streeter, whose _On the Verge_ is prefaced by \"4th Street.\" Jeremih's _Late Nights_ keeps getting pushed back, but in the meantime there's \"Tonight Belongs to U.\" \r\n\r\nMeanwhile, Miguel has just announced the release of his upcoming album, out June 30: _Wildheart_ is preceded by the teasers \"Coffee\" and \"F\\*\\*\\*\\*ng.\" Mariah Carey's greatest hits set, _#1 to Infinity_, drops May 18; you can now check out single \"Infinity.\" Rico Love's \"Days Go By\" is taken from _Turn the Lights On_, which is set for May 19. Pop/R&B singer Jason Derulo has two tracks from his June 2 album _Everything is 4_, \"Get Ugly\" and \"Cheyenne.\" Also check out new material from August Alsina, Elijah Blake, Tyrese, Justine Skye and more.\r\n\r\n","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Better have Rihanna's new single. Plus other cuts!","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.186589825"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.186589825"},"artists":{"ids":["art.1983","art.2238","art.22774","art.62156","art.63586","art.7200915","art.7375005","art.14300434","art.15447811","art.17145404","art.25678178","art.51053393","art.65513615","art.67419240","art.109344064","art.120132913","art.120652805","art.166507831","art.175938593"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.1983,art.2238,art.22774,art.62156,art.63586,art.7200915,art.7375005,art.14300434,art.15447811,art.17145404,art.25678178,art.51053393,art.65513615,art.67419240,art.109344064,art.120132913,art.120652805,art.166507831,art.175938593"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.115"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.115"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.1178142","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.1178142","name":"Pop Singles Going Steady: March 2015","author":"Jason Gubbels","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2015-04-03T12:00:01.000Z","image":"imgs.181967416","primaryMedia":"pp.181967416","language":"en","shortcut":"pop-singles-going-steady-march-2015","content":[{"content":"The month of March saw some familiar faces return to the pop charts, some of them after prolonged absences (well, prolonged for the hyperspeed world of pop), and few were greeted with more anticipation than Rihanna. Her Kanye West/Paul McCartney-featuring \"FourFiveSeconds\" single was her first new statement since January 2014's Shakira duet \"Can't Remember to Forget You,\" and a fine lead-in to the Barbados-born star's upcoming album (if you recall, Rihanna's last full-length appeared in fall 2012, so excitement is high). And Canadian pop star Carly Rae Jepsen dropped off her new single, \"I Really Like You,\" accompanied by a video that has charmed the socks off just about everybody who's watched it. And although it hasn't been that long since Mumford & Sons put out new material, the arrival of lead-in single \"Believe\" got people talking about the popular folk/pop band's new direction on upcoming album _Wilder Mind_ (set for May of this year).\r\n\r\nYouTube star Tori Kelly is also busy prepping her debut album, although you'll have to make do with single \"Nobody Love\" for the time being. Meanwhile, Ellie Goulding is riding high on her contribution to the _50 Shades of Grey soundtrack_, the Empire Cast continue their winning streak of chart success, and not-exactly-fresh cuts from Maroon 5 and Flo Rida have made late surges in the charts thanks to good old-fashioned pop tenacity. We've included all these cuts and more in our survey of March 2015 pop singles, wrapping things up with Skrillex and Diplo matching bombastic wits with teen star Justin Bieber (\"Where Are Ü Now\").\r\n","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Rihanna and Carly Rae Jepsen return!","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.181967416"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.181967416"},"artists":{"ids":["art.56348","art.6375330","art.6488892","art.7375005","art.9599073","art.15021891","art.15447811","art.21025078","art.23694854","art.26654216","art.29699845","art.30937490","art.32907864","art.41226138","art.41378416","art.46375613","art.50942870","art.52761798","art.54055415","art.116569954","art.146990747","art.150415365","art.162186425","art.171584441","art.186595187"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.56348,art.6375330,art.6488892,art.7375005,art.9599073,art.15021891,art.15447811,art.21025078,art.23694854,art.26654216,art.29699845,art.30937490,art.32907864,art.41226138,art.41378416,art.46375613,art.50942870,art.52761798,art.54055415,art.116569954,art.146990747,art.150415365,art.162186425,art.171584441,art.186595187"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.115"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.115"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.1110542","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.1110542","name":"Songs for National Umbrella Day","author":"Linda Ryan","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2015-02-10T18:30:00.000Z","image":"imgs.177143096","primaryMedia":"pp.177143096","language":"en","shortcut":"songs-for-national-umbrella-day","content":[{"content":"April might be infamous for its showers, but did you know February is National Umbrella Month? In fact, February 10 is designated as National Umbrella Day. (Fun fact: the word \"umbrella\" comes from the Latin word _umbra_, meaning \"shade\" or \"shadow,\" and _elle_, which means \"little.\" Little shade -- get it?) When you stop to think about it, it's actually pretty amazing how much umbrellas have played a role in pop culture over the years, from Mary Poppins' trusty talking parrot-head umbrella to the Penguin's high-tech, weapon-riddled ones. In music, meanwhile, a number of songs have been written about umbrellas and their partner in crime, rainy days. We've rounded up a few, including The Hollies' gem \"Bus Stop,\" Bruno Mars' \"It Will Rain,\" Dizzy Gillespie's \"Umbrella Man\" and, of course, Rihanna's \"Umbrella.\" Hit play and enjoy singin' in the rain.\r\n \r\n","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Give it up for that trusty rain-guard with this mix of drizzly-day pleasures.","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.177143096"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.177143096"},"artists":{"ids":["art.234","art.304","art.349","art.831","art.942","art.979","art.1190","art.1433","art.3113","art.4266","art.4611","art.4874","art.5944","art.6172","art.6421","art.25994","art.30459","art.38450","art.43228","art.44063","art.45178","art.57024","art.61143","art.61506","art.62064","art.6305061","art.7375005","art.9637431","art.12391965","art.13966548","art.20554979","art.20862899","art.26245684","art.26871501"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.234,art.304,art.349,art.831,art.942,art.979,art.1190,art.1433,art.3113,art.4266,art.4611,art.4874,art.5944,art.6172,art.6421,art.25994,art.30459,art.38450,art.43228,art.44063,art.45178,art.57024,art.61143,art.61506,art.62064,art.6305061,art.7375005,art.9637431,art.12391965,art.13966548,art.20554979,art.20862899,art.26245684,art.26871501"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.5"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.5"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.1098042","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.1098042","name":"Artist Spotlight: Ne-Yo","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2015-01-30T18:00:00.000Z","image":"imgs.176312370","primaryMedia":"pp.176312370","language":"en","shortcut":"artist-spotlight-ne-yo","content":[{"content":"For much of his career, Ne-Yo has presented himself as a 21st-century gentleman, a handsome performer who dresses stylishly, sings incredibly and at times angelically, and dances with lithe grace. His 2006 debut, In My Own Words, superimposed his face atop a notebook, a nod to his origins as a songwriter responsible for Beyonce's \"Irreplaceable,\" among other hits. It was a sign to the audience that he was a man with real talent, and not just another cookie-cutter pinup from the black pop machine. Other songwriters during that era tried to emerge from behind the scenes -- remember Sean \"The Pen\" Garrett and Johntá Austin? But Ne-Yo radiated star quality.\r\n\r\nThe \"Mr. Perfect\" image has also haunted him. There's a funny moment on \"She Said I'm Hood Tho\" from his new album, Non-Fiction, when a woman (played by R&B singer Candice, one of his protégés) says, \"I prefer your old sh\\*t to your new sh\\*t/ That song with Pitbull was kinda cool, but after that you went left and I couldn't f\\*ck with you.\" Ne-Yo wasn't the only one who alienated his core urban audience while chasing pop crossovers like Pitbull's \"Give Me Everything\" and Calvin Harris' \"Let's Go.\" Unlike Rihanna, Usher and Chris Brown, however, Ne-Yo's adventures in EDM seemed to generate confusion over who he is, and what he represents.\r\n\r\nOn Non-Fiction, he assures us that he's an R&B singer, although he can't help but take a few sonic detours, whether it's progressive house for \"Who's Taking You Home\" or hip-house, of all styles, for \"Coming With You.\" One mystery remains: He has recorded several memorable singles full of warmth and honeyed charm, but not a critically hailed masterwork. Usher has his Confessions; Trey Songz has Ready. But the same ability to channel his pencil-and-pad skills into any kind of style, -- whether it be R&B, dance pop or country (see his \"Only Human\" and \"She Is\" duets with Tim McGraw) -- also keeps Ne-Yo from defining himself, if only for the space of a singular full-length work.\r\n\r\nStill, Ne-Yo is a creative force to be reckoned with. The solidly constructed Non-Fiction proves that, as does its breakout hit, \"She Knows,\" which finds him recapturing the pulse of R&B with help from Juicy J. With time, perhaps he'll unravel his perfect but enigmatic personality and channel it into a classic as exceptional as his musical talents.\r\n\r\n","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"The R&B star's impressive career, from 'In My Own Words' to 'Non-Fiction.\"","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.176312370"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.176312370"},"artists":{"ids":["art.60987","art.6375330","art.6384205","art.7272812","art.7375005","art.7521820","art.8857893","art.10872254","art.11718881","art.13622534","art.53503432"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.60987,art.6375330,art.6384205,art.7272812,art.7375005,art.7521820,art.8857893,art.10872254,art.11718881,art.13622534,art.53503432"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.115"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.115"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.1093842","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.1093842","name":"Sia's Many Faces","author":"Barry Walters","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2015-01-26T12:00:00.000Z","image":"imgs.175881077","primaryMedia":"pp.175881077","language":"en","shortcut":"sias-many-faces","content":[{"content":"Sia may be publicity-shy, but that hasn't stopped her from becoming a major pop player over the last few years as a solo artist (\"Chandelier,\" \"Elastic Heart\"), a featured vocalist on other people's hits (Flo Rida's \"Wild Ones,\" Eminem's \"Guts Over Fear\"), and a tireless songwriter. The Australian ex-pat born Sia Furler cowrote not only those songs but also dozens of tunes for superstars such as Rihanna, Beyoncé, Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears and Maroon 5, as well as countless upstarts.\r\n\r\nFirst cracking the U.K. Top 10 in 2000 with \"Taken for Granted,\" Sia contributed soft and elegant vocals to three albums and several singles by the British trip-hop duo Zero 7. More heads were turned in 2005 when her solo track \"Breathe Me\" closed the final episode of Six Feet Under. She took on folk, rock, R&B and dance flavors while struggling with addiction, depression and illness, but finally achieved breakout success with David Guetta's 2011 smash \"Titanium,\" and has worked constantly since. 1000 Forms of Fear brought her to new, Grammy-nominated levels of fame in 2014, which she closed out by gracing the Annie soundtrack. As this 50-track playlist of her greatest songs, covers and cameos proves, Sia brings her own sonic stamp: Some of the artists who've scored big with Furler's compositions follow her phrasing so closely that you might think you're hearing Sia belting even when you're not.\r\n","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Hits and gems from the singular singer, songwriter and collaborator.","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.175881077"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.175881077"},"artists":{"ids":["art.44","art.304","art.2630","art.3321","art.5732","art.8204","art.42919","art.44057","art.55875","art.56348","art.57044","art.58646","art.58977","art.5015428","art.6375330","art.7309347","art.7330911","art.7375005","art.7521820","art.7675686","art.9939389","art.11428790","art.12687966","art.15021891","art.15748452","art.18063208","art.27383016","art.28497095","art.30098864","art.30766118","art.56442856"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.44,art.304,art.2630,art.3321,art.5732,art.8204,art.42919,art.44057,art.55875,art.56348,art.57044,art.58646,art.58977,art.5015428,art.6375330,art.7309347,art.7330911,art.7375005,art.7521820,art.7675686,art.9939389,art.11428790,art.12687966,art.15021891,art.15748452,art.18063208,art.27383016,art.28497095,art.30098864,art.30766118,art.56442856"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.5"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.5"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.948942","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.948942","name":"Def Jam Spotlight: Def Soul","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2014-09-21T12:00:00.000Z","image":"imgs.162254538","primaryMedia":"pp.162254538","language":"en","shortcut":"def-jam-spotlight-def-soul","content":[{"content":"Def Jam is world renowned as a hip-hop brand, but the company has flourished with other forms of music, too. In the mid-'80s, it released Oran \"Juice\" Jones' R&B novelty hit \"The Rain,\" and a brief distribution deal with Latin freestyle imprint Fever Records led to Lisette Melendez' \"Together Forever.\" In 1995, Montell Jordan's party anthem \"This is How We Do It\" heralded a new direction for the label: Def Soul. \r\n\r\nEstablished the following year, Def Soul didn't burn brightly and fade away like DJ West and, later, Def Jam South. Instead, it slowly gathered momentum through artists who scored plenty of hits but didn't quite become pop sensations, like Jordan, Case, Kelly Price, Christión (who was part of Jay Z and Dame Dash's Roc-A-Fella division) and Playa. Sisqó of Dru Hill's \"Thong Song\" was a crossover smash in the summer of 1999. But it was Ashanti, an artist from Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. division who sold 3 million copies of her 2001 debut, and neo-soul singer Musiq Soulchild's debut, _AiJusWanaSeing_, that truly established Def Jam as a major creative and commercial force in contemporary R&B. \r\n\r\nThe Def Soul logo disappeared from Def Jam releases sometime in the mid-2000s. By then, mainstream hip-hop and R&B were nearly indivisible from each other – it was all urban music and, increasingly, pop music. The arrival of Rihanna and her Caribbean-flavored \"Pon De Replay\" underscored this last point, and her global success not only shattered glass ceilings for urban artists but also created a tough act to follow for other, less ambitious R&B singers. Teairra Mari, who debuted around the same time with \"Make Her Feel Good,\" has spoken about how she felt that Def Jam pushed her aside in favor of Rihanna's crossover potential.\r\n\r\nThis collection of songs ends around 2009, but Def Jam's stable of hip-hop and R&B stars continues to thrive today. We'll explore the label's current roster in our next and final chapter.\r\n","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"From \"Thong Song\" to Ashanti, the hip-hop label has also made its mark on R&B.","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.162254538"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.162254538"},"artists":{"ids":["art.1634","art.2238","art.2729","art.4725","art.12604","art.14225","art.32621","art.39489","art.39688","art.40192","art.40654","art.42594","art.50895","art.54907","art.62154","art.62162","art.63553","art.63589","art.69237","art.7265275","art.7375005","art.7521820","art.8902925","art.14200506","art.14898360","art.15482038","art.20649374","art.23505296","art.25678178"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.1634,art.2238,art.2729,art.4725,art.12604,art.14225,art.32621,art.39489,art.39688,art.40192,art.40654,art.42594,art.50895,art.54907,art.62154,art.62162,art.63553,art.63589,art.69237,art.7265275,art.7375005,art.7521820,art.8902925,art.14200506,art.14898360,art.15482038,art.20649374,art.23505296,art.25678178"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.36"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.36"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.851142","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.851142","name":"Songs for Famous Exes","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2014-07-04T15:00:00.000Z","image":"imgs.153625208","primaryMedia":"pp.153625208","language":"en","shortcut":"songs-for-famous-exes","content":[{"content":"As we chew over Robin Thicke's _Paula_, let's not forget that he's hardly the first to make a \"creepy\" record about a celebrity ex-lover (as some reviewers have unkindly called it). The obvious touchstone is Marvin Gaye's _Here, My Dear_, which the singer made as part of a divorce settlement with his former wife, Anna Gordy, and on which he obsessed over the details of their breakup. There's also Fleetwood Mac's \"Go Your Own Way,\" a coda to Lindsay Buckingham's breakup with Stevie Nicks. Carly Simon's \"You're So Vain\" is famously coy about the ex-boyfriend she addresses, as is Justin Timberlake's \"Cry Me a River,\" which everyone assumes is about Britney Spears; Sheryl Crow's \"My Favorite Mistake,\" which could be about Eric Clapton; and Usher's \"Confessions,\" which may or may not be about Chili from TLC. But there's no question that Bob Dylan's \"Sara\" is about the breakup with his fashion model wife Sara Lownds Dylan; and that \"Papers\" is about Usher's divorce from Tameka Foster, who wasn't a celebrity per se, but was certainly torn apart by the tabloids in the process. Katy Perry's \"Circle the Drain\" is about her ex-boyfriend Travie McCoy's struggle with drug addiction, a gossipy revelation he complained about during his VH1 \"Behind the Music\" episode. With \"Dear John\" (John Mayer), and \"Forever & Always\" (Joe Jonas), Taylor Swift may be the queen of songs addressed to famous ex-lovers. Luckily, no one called her \"creepy\" for writing about them.","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Songs straight out of the gossip column, from Robin Thicke to JT to Taylor Swift.","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.153625208"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.153625208"},"artists":{"ids":["art.539","art.831","art.836","art.1003","art.1244","art.1921","art.1967","art.2196","art.2339","art.2999","art.3462","art.4906","art.6309","art.13990","art.35874","art.44057","art.56237","art.7330911","art.7375005","art.7485163","art.9275895","art.10482910"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.539,art.831,art.836,art.1003,art.1244,art.1921,art.1967,art.2196,art.2339,art.2999,art.3462,art.4906,art.6309,art.13990,art.35874,art.44057,art.56237,art.7330911,art.7375005,art.7485163,art.9275895,art.10482910"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.5"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.5"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.709042","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.709042","name":"Artist Spotlight: Shakira","author":"Napster","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2014-03-25T21:00:00.000Z","image":"imgs.141532596","primaryMedia":"pp.141532596","language":"en","shortcut":"artist-spotlight-shakira","content":[{"content":"What do we know about [Shakira](art.1835), really? That her hips are extremely honest, of course. That she has some things in common with Fozzy Bear (wocka wocka! sorry). That she's available whenever, wherever, but she might just be a werewolf. And most of all, that she is a tiny, (sometimes) blonde, Colombian hit-making machine who's changed the landscape of modern pop with her blend of Spanish and English lyrics, Latin and mainstream pop, yodeling coos and belly-danceable grooves. Revisit these facts and more with our playlist of Shakira's biggest hits and greatest songs, from her early days as a young Latin pop artist who only sang in Spanish to her [Riri](art.7375005)-duetting, _Voice_-judging, [\"Can't Remember to Forget You\"](trgr.135117482:PLAY) present. ","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"From her early Spanish material to her duet with Riri, we've got all the hits!","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.141532596"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.141532596"},"artists":{"ids":["art.1835","art.7375005"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.1835,art.7375005"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.115"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.115"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.437542","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.437542","name":"Get Twerkin'","author":"Nick Murray","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2013-09-13T18:15:32.000Z","image":"imgs.123167363","primaryMedia":"pp.123167363","language":"en","shortcut":"get-twerkin","content":[{"content":"The history of twerking is not linear. There is no single origin point, single tipping point or single path that brought the move to the teddy bear-covered stage of this year's VMAs. But if you follow the music, a story begins to reveal itself. For instance: While [Diplo](art.5229698) -- who promoted something called a \"twerk wall\" at Labor Day weekend's Electric Zoo -- draws from the bounce music of New Orleans (and has the Nicky da B collab to prove it), [Miley](art.9557743) -- who has been collaborating with [Future](art.5230932) and [Juicy J](art.56336) producer [Mike Will Made It](art.70717612) -- is attempting a sound that has its roots in the strip clubs of Atlanta. Still, these two artists, while the center of recent conversation, aren't the story's culmination: NoLa, Atlanta, Miami and Brooklyn are going to keep twerking long after the current wave of excitement crashes down. This playlist celebrates the long, sweaty trip twerking has taken.","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"Need some music with that twerk? Here's the best stuff to shake that booty to.","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.123167363"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.123167363"},"artists":{"ids":["art.383","art.1985","art.33719","art.35890","art.56336","art.63407","art.65314","art.5229698","art.7375005","art.9557743","art.17415031","art.26872530","art.28463191","art.29819258","art.30308537","art.31831844","art.32558380"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.383,art.1985,art.33719,art.35890,art.56336,art.63407,art.65314,art.5229698,art.7375005,art.9557743,art.17415031,art.26872530,art.28463191,art.29819258,art.30308537,art.31831844,art.32558380"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.5"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.5"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.160142","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.160142","name":"The Chris Brown Conundrum","author":"Mosi Reeves","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2013-03-12T11:30:12.000Z","image":"imgs.31193906","primaryMedia":"pp.31193906","language":"en","shortcut":"the-chris-brown-conundrum","content":[{"content":"Last month at the Grammys, [Chris Brown](art.7499873) and [Rihanna](art.7375005) confirmed the long-suspected rekindling of their relationship by canoodling the night away. But Brown also sat in the audience and pouted while everyone else in the theater gave [Frank Ocean](art.46327514) (with whom he'd had a parking-lot altercation several weeks earlier) a standing ovation when Ocean's [_channel ORANGE_](alb.62368630) won Best Urban Contemporary Album. Meanwhile, Brown's singles -- including the buoyant [\"Don't Wake Me Up\"](tra.61724085:PLAY) and especially the not-quite-humble, almost-apologetic slow jam [\"Don't Judge Me,\"](tra.61724077:PLAY) -- continue to get tons of radio play and a decent amount of chart love. And that's at least partially because they're very good pop songs.\r\n\r\nAnd that basically sums up what we're calling the Chris Brown Conundrum: Here is a guy who did [an absolutely heinous thing](http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1625783/rihanna-details-chris-brown-assault.jhtml) to someone (and a very beloved someone at that), and who continues to pretty much act like a gigantic jerk, but who still managed to win back that beloved someone _and_ keeps putting out music America genuinely likes. How does that happen? How do we reconcile our distaste for a person with our affinity for his music? What kind of responsibility (if any) do we have to Rihanna, women and, well, the world as pop music consumers? Does it even matter? And what the hell is Chris Brown's deal anyway? These are the questions that plague Napster Pop Editor Rachel Devitt and Hip-Hop/R&B Editor Mosi Reeves so much that we decided to chat them out. Process along with us, will ya?\r\n\r\n**Rachel Devitt:** So Mosi, we decided to have this conversation because I'm feeling conflicted about my, well, disgust for Chris Brown's behavior and my undeniable affinity for his music -- and how that all relates to Rihanna. Anyway, I emailed you to see if you feel similarly. Do you?\r\n \r\n**Mosi Reeves:** Let me address his music first. Chris Brown has never been a critic's darling -- I remember the cynicism some had when [his self-titled debut](Alb.8836433) threaded the needle between a tough hip-hop persona and a bubbly teenybopper sensibility. Having said that, I've enjoyed some of his dance pop singles, like [\"Forever,\"](tra.20932550:PLAY) [\"Turn Up the Music\"](tra.61724073:PLAY) and [\"Beautiful People.\"](tra.45369358:PLAY) They hearken back to that happy, innocent charm his career once promised.\r\n\r\n**RD:** Yeah, I haven't always loved all his music, but when he gets it, he gets it. \"Turn Up The Music\" is great. I also absolutely love [\"Look at Me Now\"](tra.43919530:PLAY) and \"Don't Judge Me,\" too, which basically epitomizes my conflict. I feel like his only mea culpa has been in the form of (sort of) using it to turn a profit. Then again, that's his job. And we keep employing him. How much of this is the public's responsibility and/or the responsibility of labels, Grammy Awards, et cetera?\r\n\r\n**MR:** I have a problem with petitioning radio, or industry groups like _Billboard_ and the Grammys, to stop patronizing his music. I know that not supporting him doesn't feel like censorship, but it really is.\r\n\r\nWhen his first post-scandal album, [_Graffiti_](alb.31056510), flopped, he made an interesting statement that he can't survive as an underground artist. But at the same time, if he has accumulated a genuine pop following, then that should be recognized. There has to be a way to separate Chris Brown the artist from Chris Brown the abusive, ill-tempered jerk.\r\n\r\n**RD:** But if he wants to be a pop star, so much of that job IS image and intertwining that with the hits. So it's difficult to separate, especially when he seems to actively cultivate that jerk image (like not standing up for Ocean at the Grammys). Can we recognize his popularity/success and still hold him accountable? Should we?\r\n\r\n**MR:** I think that in order to understand why Chris Brown remains successful in spite of being publicly vilified, we should look at why he's maintained [his popularity]. Is it because of his good looks? Is it because he's made some strong singles (albeit on mediocre albums)? I think those factors are important. At the same time, I think everyone -- from his strongest critics to his Twitter-trolling fans -- is magnetized by the spectacle that his public life has become. Part of that is our general obsession with celebrities, and our collective belief that they're representative of society, for better or worse.\r\n\r\n**RD:** Absolutely. And frankly, we like our celebrities to be spectacularly controversial, whether they're melting down or making sex tapes or wearing meat dresses or whatever. I guess where I keep getting hung up here is that there is another person's safety involved (and by extension, a legion of young fans that follow his example). It's not quite the same as an artist screwing up his own life.\r\n\r\n**MR:** I find the argument of Brown being a potential hazard to Rihanna more compelling than their romance setting a bad example for young people. The message is out there -- domestic abuse is not acceptable. If his young fans continue to ignore that, then there's not much we in the media can do. In regards to Brown and Rihanna as a couple, there's a thin line between public and private responsibility. If she wants him in her private life, I don't think she has to reject him in her public life to placate us.\r\n \r\n**RD:** Let's talk about Rihanna. On one hand, it IS disappointing and frightening that she has chosen to be with someone who abused her so grossly. On the other, I find it just as problematic when people/media blame or get angry at Rihanna for that decision. Or even assume she's just too messed up to know better. It's like, let's allow her to have some agency, please!\r\n\r\n**MR:** I think we as a society are afraid to acknowledge that some relationships can be abusive, yet change into something positive -- and vice versa. Women and men who find themselves in those situations should turn to help, whether it's the authorities or counseling, and we applaud them when they have the courage and strength to do so. But when they choose to return to those relationships, we demonize them and call them weak, scared or submissive.\r\n\r\n**RD:** Well, there's something to be said for acknowledging that the abuse cycle is so hard to break -- and that's got to be times 1,000 when you are a public figure.\r\n\r\n**MR:** I get the sense that we're collectively exhausted by him. We pilloried him, made _Graffiti_ flop, and figured he'd go away ... yet he pulled an extraordinary comeback and now acts like nothing happened. His continued success makes us feel powerless.\r\n\r\n**RD:** What's more, I sometimes feel like I'm reinforcing that system of power that creates and perpetuates abusive relationships -- and makes that cycle so hard to break -- by supporting him and his music.\r\n\r\n**MR:** I guess that's where I disagree. If he makes a good song, I have no problem listening to it, which tacitly means that I support it. I suppose his record label could have dropped him after the incident -- I've seen labels do that to artists that sold less -- so the fact that they stuck by him speaks to the industry's cynicism in regards to women. \r\n\r\n**RD:** Yes, that's part of it, too. Meanwhile, when Rihanna had a big hit with [\"S&M,\"](tra.42398482:PLAY) I heard radio stations and articles call into question the \"morality\" of her singing a song like that after what happened to her (leaving aside the whole other iceberg of abuse vs. S&M, which are WAY too often conflated). Really, Mosi, I guess this is my perpetual Sisyphean quest: how to be an unabashed fan of pop music I absolutely LOVE while still making space for feminist critique and, most of all, change!\r\n\r\n**MR:** I'm glad you brought up Rihanna's \"S&M.\" I think [_Loud_](alb.42398481) has a brilliant subtext of why she's attracted to tough and abusive men. It's compelling, even if it's difficult to listen to. Though I think her albums after that riff on that theme too often, I think that she's done a great job of illustrating her personal motivations through her music.\r\n\r\n**RD:** That aspect of her music -- her attraction to \"inappropriate\" men -- is really one of the most fascinating discussions that this whole thing opens up, but that almost never gets talked about. To some degree, I think it's an assumption that women and especially female pop stars can't possibly make self-actualized decisions, even as Rihanna keeps telling us she is -- or at least, that she's working through things.\r\n\r\n**MR:** We don't see Rihanna and Brown as artists, but as \"pop stars.\" But when we judge them by their individual artistry, then Brown loses a lot of his power. Even at his best, he's a stock male sex symbol, whereas Rihanna's work, even at her worst, conveys much more complexity. And yes, I realize that most of her songs are written by others, but I would argue that she conveys more heart and emotion just with her vocal talent alone. I mean, there was a two-year period where every R&B singer tried to sound like her on [\"Umbrella.\"](tra.21224251:PLAY)\r\n\r\n**RD:** True. And even if a pop star's songs are written by someone else, they can still pick those songs and/or choose to sing them the way they do.\r\n\r\n**MR:** So, how can you be a feminist and not feel disempowered by Chris Brown?\r\n\r\n**RD:** OK, so this is going to get real queer studies-ish for a second, but I think the \"solution\" for me is not having one: not re-creating this fixed power structure where Chris Brown = bad and listening to his music = anti-feminist. It's more about keeping things in constant dialogue -- with others and with ourselves -- so that we can find little ways to subtly change pop culture while still participating in it. \r\n\r\n**MR:** I think the best way to deal with Chris Brown, whether it's as a personality or as a musician, is to disinvest in him if he makes us feel uncomfortable. At some point we've got to get away from paying attention to celebrities just because they make good water-cooler topics. An incredible amount of bandwidth has been spent on him -- and frankly, though he's made a few good singles, I don't know if he's really worth it. At the same time, if he's making good music, and those songs force us to pay attention to all the other crap, then we should own up to that and give him some credit.\r\n\r\n**RD:** Yes, agreed. But some credit critically -- and that doesn't mean necessarily criticizing his songs BECAUSE we don't like him or his behavior. But just thinking critically about it all in general -- without devoting more attention to him than he deserves.\r\n","mediaType":"WEB"},{"content":"When pop stars do terrible things or make terrible decisions, should we stop listening?","mediaType":"MOBILE"}],"links":{"playlists":{"ids":["pp.31193906"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/playlists/pp.31193906"},"artists":{"ids":["art.7375005","art.7499873","art.46327514"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/artists/art.7375005,art.7499873,art.46327514"},"primaryGenre":{"ids":["g.115"],"href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/genres/g.115"}}},{"type":"post","id":"po.659","href":"https://api.napster.com/v2.1/posts/po.659","name":"The New Class of Pop Stars","author":"Rachel Devitt","subType":"PLAYLIST","date":"2011-04-14T10:13:45.000Z","image":"imgs.43423902","primaryMedia":"pp.43423902","language":"en","shortcut":"newclass","content":[{"content":"The world of pop music is both a monarchy and a meritocracy. On the one hand, you have your queens and kings pop royalty who need no last name, artists like [Madonna](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.2418) and [Rihanna](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.7375005) and [Beyonce](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.42919) who we will probably always pay attention to, even if they stop dancing or start talking with fake British accents. But even the most established thrones are almost always in jeopardy, at risk of being usurped by hungry up-and-comers who are talented enough or hot enough or just new enough to entrance the audience (kind of like what the old guard once did themselves). Think of it like high school: sure, sure, S-E-N-I-O-R-S, seniors, seniors are the best, the most popular, the most famous. But they're also gonna graduate someday, and the new kids are gonna take over. In the last year or so, the pop world has seen some pretty bold, driven new kids come onto the scene talented, scrappy artists who are either taking a page from their elders (and doing it in a slightly more interesting way) or trying out totally new, game-changing ideas. We present to you: Pop's New Class of 2011. You may not know their names yet, but you will. \r\n\r\n\r\n **[Jessie J](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.9599073)** \r\n **Voted:** Most Likely to Succeed/Most Likely to End Up Singing for Spare Change in the N.Y.C. Subway System (wait she already did that). \r\n **Claim to Fame:** \" [Do It Like a Dude](http://play.napster.com/goto?rcid=tra.42741443),\" her scathing and yet scorching hot takedown of boy posturing in pop culture. \r\n **Style:** This British up-and-comer is a little bit hip-hop, a little bit rock 'n' roll, a pinch of singer-songwriter confessional and a whole lot of pure, unadulterated diva. Think Rihanna crossed with [Pink](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.13990) crossed with a drag queen. (In other words, see below.) Her debut shows off killer pipes and a fierce attitude (softened by a sensitive earnestness), and there's that flamboyant, beglittered look she's rocking. In a just world, the kid oughtta make it big. \r\n **Role Model:** [Christina Aguilera](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.8204). \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n **[Ellie Goulding](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.32907864)** \r\n **Voted:** Prom queen, but instead of a date, she rolled in deep with a posse of fierce gay queens, all of them decked out in glittery eye shadow and roller skates, and instead of a coronation, they staged a drag production of _Xanadu_. \r\n**Claim to Fame:** Glistening, magical wonderlands of electro-pop like \"[Starry Eyed](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.44782078),\" the likes of which Europe scoops up with a big old spoon and America usually ignores. BUT thanks to the likes of [La Roux](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.24770112) and [Lady Gaga](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.20067373), she just might make a delicate little splash on this side of the pond. \r\n **Style:** Well, there are the glistening, magical electro-pop wonderlands, but Ms. Goulding also dabbles in frosty Euro dance pop, mournful alt rock, slightly creepy gothic pop, [Elton John](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.3231) covers and even a wee bit of rom-com-soundtrack-ready adult alt. All of it is very, very pretty. \r\n **Role Models:** [Kylie Minogue](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.57044). La Roux. \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n **[Adele](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.20554979)** \r\n **Voted:** Heartbreaker (with a Heart of Gold) \r\n **Claim to Fame:** Currently, it's her lushly layered, old-soul sophomore effort [_21_](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=alb.44407255) (yes, that is also her age) and, especially, the rafters-shaking, revival-ready, brokenhearted kiss-off \" [Rolling in the Deep](http://play.napster.com/goto?rcid=tra.44407256).\" She does, however, also have an equally impressive, critically acclaimed debut ([_19_](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=alb.21026996)) under her belt. \r\n **Style:** You know the kids in high school who spent all their free time digging through dusty record bins and racks of vintage clothes (either in shops or their parents' attics) and ended up coming off like otherworldly time-travelers who were way cooler than you could ever hope to be? That's kind of what Adele's like. Only if those kids also had one of the most resonant, distinctive voices of their generation. \r\n **Role Models:** [Amy Winehouse](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.6070451) (well, Amy wishes). [Dusty Springfield](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.62041). \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n **[Miguel](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.17145404)** \r\n **Voted:** Coolest \r\n **Claim to Fame:** His complex, comprehensive debut, [_All I Want Is You_](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=alb.42654578) and its sticky, scratchy, soul-drenched [title track](http://play.napster.com/goto?rcid=tra.42654580). Neither of which have _exactly_ made him \"famous\" yet. \r\n **Style:** As our own Mosi Reeves put it, Miguel \"subverts urban pop with music not normally heard on an R&B record\": old-school keyboards, funky drummer beats, organ hooks, a cappella vocalizing. Think contemporary R&B filtered through a '70s lens and an '80s video. \r\n **Role Models:** [Erykah Badu](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.3172). [Raphael Saadiq](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.39016). \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n **[Natalia Kills](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.31347817)** \r\n **Voted:** Shyest/Most Likely to Become a Professional Dominatrix \r\n **Claim to Fame:** Weirdo, goth-leaning electro-pop like \"[Zombie](http://play.napster.com/goto?rcid=tra.31351201)\" that caught the attention of [will.i.am](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.13293819) and Perez Hilton, among others. Now signed to Interscope/Cherrytree, she's moved in a distinctly more Gagariffic direction with cuts like \"[Mirrors](http://play.napster.com/goto?rcid=tra.39756302)\" and new single \"[Wonderland](http://play.napster.com/goto?rcid=tra.45431310).\" \r\n **Style:** Well, let's put it this way: \"Wonderland\" _sounds_ like a slightly darker \"[Just Dance](http://play.napster.com/goto?rcid=tra.23840316)\" (or maybe a slightly lighter \"[Disturbia](http://play.napster.com/goto?rcid=tra.21224265)\"), and the video features Natalia dressed like an S&M Red Riding Hood, crawling in stiletto boots across the Mad Hatter's table and licking her fingers while messages like \"There are no happy endings\" flash across the screen. So yeah, it's freaking hot. \r\n **Role Models:** Um, we're gonna go with Gaga and Rihanna. \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n **[Neon Hitch](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.28497095)** \r\n **Voted:** Class Revolutionary \r\n **Claim to Fame:** She grew up making ends meet by selling jewelry and street performing with her mum. She trained as a trapeze artist and worked as a circus performer. And _then_ she began a music career, impressed Kara Dioguardi enough to get signed to Warner Brothers, and started making music videos involving strange, elaborate headdresses. \r\n **Style:** Electro-dance both hipsters and pop fans can love. \r\n **Role Models:** La Roux. Madonna. \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n **[Eliza Doolittle](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.21729070)** \r\n **Voted:** Class Clown \r\n **Claim to Fame:** The kicky kiss-off \"Skinny Genes,\" which isn't so much ha-ha funny as it is slightly sassy and built around a sort of dumb yet compelling pun. \r\n **Style:** Quirky, cutesy, retro. Think girl groups, _Hairspray_, [Ruth Brown](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.68409) (minus the voice), a whole lot of [Lily Allen](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.11570887) (like, we can't believe Lily hasn't been trash-talking her more). She's like the kitschy vintage store of music. I mean, \" [Pack Up](http://play.napster.com/goto?rcid=tra.39819822)\" literally has an entire bridge of bird tweets. \r\n **Role Models:** Lily Allen. Amy Winehouse (for real this time). [Duffy](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.18858600). \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n **[Oh Land](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.41306421)** \r\n **Voted:** Homecoming queen, but she showed up barefoot, stoned and drenched in red paint, then during the coronation, she staged a performance-art reworking of the pig's-blood scene from _Carrie_. \r\n **Claim to Fame:** Being Danish. Making strange, epically pretty electro-pop soundscapes like \" [Sun of a Gun](http://play.napster.com/goto?rcid=tra.44658920).\" \r\n **Style:** As our own Stephanie Benson put it, the Nordic beauty is \"like half fembot, half hippie chick\" who lures you into her electro pop wonder world with shiny drum machines, crystal coos and heavy beats. Kind of like if Natalie Portman's multiple personalities and hallucinations from _Black Swan_ formed a '60s girl group. \r\n **Role Models:** [ABBA](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.332). [Robyn](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.68956). [Nico](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.14462). \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n **[Skylar Grey](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.44300757)** \r\n **Voted:** \r\n **Claim to Fame:** Providing hot songs (she cowrote, for instance, [Eminem](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.44) and Rihanna's \"[Love the Way You Lie](http://play.napster.com/goto?rcid=tra.38874161)\") and cool hooks ( [Diddy](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.7579438)'s \"[Coming Home](http://play.napster.com/goto?rcid=tra.43037149),\" [Lupe Fiasco](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.10115285)'s \"[Words I Never Said](http://play.napster.com/goto?rcid=tra.44775336),\" [Dr. Dre](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.3684) and Eminem's \"[I Need a Doctor](http://play.napster.com/goto?rcid=tra.43710916)\") for people who are (so far) more famous than she is. \r\n **Style:** Well, beyond winsome, wistful vocals that lend any hip-hop cut depth and a female presence, we don't really know yet. But we're excited to find out what she can do on her own! **Role Models:** [Ke$ha](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.26871512). [Bruno Mars](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.26871501). [Nicki Minaj](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.32558379). (Not aesthetically, but in terms of going from behind the scenes and on the side to front and center.) \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n **[Willow Smith](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.41574043)** \r\n **Voted:** The Coolest Frosh \r\n **Claim to Fame:** Haven't you heard? She [whips her hair](http://play.napster.com/goto?rcid=tra.42071516) back and forth, she whips her hair back and forth, she whips her hair back and forth. Also, she's a \" [21st Century Girl](http://play.napster.com/goto?rcid=tra.44777216).\" \r\n **Style:** Tween swagger that's fiercer than anything you'll ever serve. Worship. Submit. Whip your hair. \r\n **Role Models:** Mom. [Dad](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.1420). Bro. [Lil Mama](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.13610561). [Roxanne Shante](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.61539). [Janet Jackson](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.2729). \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n **Rebecca Black** \r\n **Voted:** Most Likely to Get \"Mean Girled\" in the Hallways and then have the last laugh when the bullies flunk out. \r\n **Claim to Fame:** Being publicly skewered for the terrible (though, frankly, not as terrible as people like to claim. Have you listened to some of the \"real\" pop stars lately?!) vanity song (and video) \"Friday\" and making fat bank off the infamy. \r\n **Style:** Hmmm ... \r\n **Role Model:** Um, [Vanilla Ice](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.59663) maybe? [Heidi Montag](http://www.napster.com/goto?rcid=art.17958499). 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